UFC 60

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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	May 27, 2006
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Attendance	14,765 (10,347 paid)
Total Gate	$2,900,090
Buyrate	620,000 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 59: Reality Check	UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie	UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada. Headlining the card was a non-title catch-weight (175 lb) match between Matt Hughes, former UFC Welterweight Champion, and Royce Gracie, the champion of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.

The number of reported pay-per-view buys for UFC 60 in the United States was around 620,000, which generated gross PPV revenue of $24.77 million. [2] The Staples Center was announced as sold out according to the UFC broadcast but was visibly empty in the mid-level tiers of the arena. The actual attendance, according to the California State Athletic Commission, was 10,347 in paid attendance and 14,765 in total attendance, for a live gate of $2,900,090. The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 60 was $740,000. [3]

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs Rick Davis

Guillard defeated Davis by KO (punch) at 1:37 of round one.

• Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Fabiano Scherner

Gonzaga defeated Scherner by TKO at 0:24 of round two. Scherner complained of vision problems between rounds; however doctors cleared him for round two.

• Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Matt Wiman

Fisher defeats Wiman by KO (flying knee) at 1:43 of round two. Wiman replaced Leonard Garcia, who reportedly broke his leg in training. This was Wiman's UFC debut.

• Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Chael Sonnen

Jeremy Horn defeated Chael Sonnen by submission (armbar) at 1:17 of round two. This was the third meeting between the two, all won by Horn, all accepted by Sonnen on short notice.[4] Sonnen was a late replacement for Evan Tanner, who reportedly withdrew due to personal issues.

[edit] Main card

• Middleweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Joe Riggs

Swick defeated Riggs by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:19 of round one. This was Riggs last fight at 185 lb, temporarily stepping up from his last three bouts at 170 lb.

• Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Assuerio Silva

Vera defeated Silva by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:39 in round one. Silva had suffered an accidental eye-poke at 1:33 in the first round, but was cleared by doctors after a referee's time-out.

• Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. John Alessio

Sanchez defeated Alessio by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.

• Light heavyweight bout: Dean Lister vs. Alessio Sakara

Lister defeated Sakara by submission (triangle choke) at 2:20 of round one. This was Lister's debut in the UFC.

• Catchweight (175 lb) bout: Royce Gracie vs Matt Hughes

Hughes defeated Gracie by TKO (referee stoppage, ground and pound from back mount) at 4:39 of round one. The match was held at a catchweight of 175 lb, and was scheduled for three rounds. After the fight, Royce Gracie said he would fight again in the UFC, but as it stands it is unlikely especially due to his positive test for Nandrolone Metabolite after the K-1 Dynamite event where he fought Sakuraba.

[edit] Fighter Payouts

Royce Gracie: $400,000

Matt Hughes: $110,000

Jeremy Horn: $70,000

Brandon Vera: $32,000

Diego Sanchez: $24,000

Mike Swick: $14,000

Spencer Fisher: $14,000

Joe Riggs: $12,000

Gabriel Gonzaga: $10,000

Melvin Guillard: $10,000

Alessio Sakara: $10,000

Dean Lister: $10,000

Assuerio Silva: $8,000

Chael Sonnen: $5,000

Fabiano Scherner: $3,000

Matt Wiman: $3,000

John Alessio: $3,000

Rick Davis: $2,000

Total Fighter Payouts: $740,000

[edit] References

• Boone, Matthew. UFC 60 Fighter Purses & Other Business Info Now Online. MMANews.com. June 25, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2006.
• Gross, Josh. Passing of the Guard: Hughes Dominates Gracie. Sherdog.com. May 28, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2006.
• UFC 61 Surpasses $30 Million in Pay-Per-View Sales, Plus Final PPV Buyrate for UFC 60

[edit] External links

• Official UFC 60 site